Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-08-26

of :34i at Lawrence, Mass, during the
past season. Billy Bashaw also sired the
dam of the fast young pacing mare Stub
by =. which made record of 2 :2Si at
Lawrence, Mass. Besides these named
Billy Bashaw got many promising colts
that were never trained, but used as road
horses, and could trOt better than 90.
Some of his get are now being used as
brood mares, with good results.
John Bull as we are Informed by Mr..
w. ;. Samples, through Mr.. Austin,
could trot in , 80 or , 80 in the hands of
VIM. Kay. the old colored man who
brought him from Kentucky; and on the
common farm-mares about Keokuk. es-
tabished family of more than ordinary
horses. who were as much disposed to
pace singlefoot or be double-gaited as to
trot. John Bull was kept in keolluk for
two or three years, after which he was
farmed out on shares to different parties
and used as a country stallion After
several seasons of working on shares"
he was purchased by German farmer
named Michael Seyb, and taken to Frank
German named Refeur. who sold him in
1872 TO W. II. +. Smith then of New
London, la. Mr. Smith relates that in
1872 lie opened stud stable in New on
Il ,,1h la, L., l. l
younger days. concluded to buy him. At
Franklin he found the horse very poor
and neglected, in an old log stable But
hard looking a he was. there was the
same expression of the eve, the same
muscular limbs and strong hooks. Mr.
Smith bought the horse, kept him in New
London until 1876. when he took him and
the stallion Johnny ochmoker to Cali
fornia. John Bull died in Stockton.
Cal, in ISIS. Mr.. smith says that he
drove John Bull in , :3G after he bought
him. a. related. at Il years old.
Mr.. Smith states that hi, attention was
recalled to John Bull by seeing a team
of his colts 3 years old. at Charlton, Ia.
/ that trotted very fast They were known
as the Braden colts and trotted in , 80 at
/ the fair in Charlton, in the fall of 1871
| Mr.. Smith also tells of a colt of John
Bulls that was owned in New London
/ Ia. by man named Scoltz, that paced
in :33.
In California John Bull sired Ralph
Bugbee, who, when / years old trotted
three races in three consecutive days
winning the three, trotting eleven heats
and making a record of :371 in the las
heat. John Bull also sired the dam o.
Billy Trump, who went in trotting anC
pacing races the same day, and had t
trotting record of , 80 and a pacing rec
ord of 2;3l. Also the dam of Lad,
Med, now owned in Chicago, by Supt
Willard of the L. n. \. Il c. Ry. Th
mare has record of 81, but has re
peatedlv trotted a mile in , - and
half-mile in 10. Her owner refuse,
$1,000 for the use Of her in ISIS. Boil
of the two last named horses were begot
ten under peculiar circumstances. Tn
dam of Billy Trump, a nervous, high
strung mare, was being worked to
pillow and being in season, she was NOR
unruly than usual; in the hope of quiet
ing her, she was coupled with ridge
ling that was working in a team in tn
same field, the produce of the union be
ing Billy Trump.
The dam of Lady Med, a pacing mare
by John Bull. was gotten with foal Will
running out on the common near Hamil
ton, III. This old mare is still owned b,
Mr.. Humphreys. of Hamilton, and though
% years Old, is still able to do her worl
every day. Mr.. Latham. of keokuk win
drove Billy Trump, says that in lSS0 h
handled PAGER by John Bull. and drov
him halves at 20 gait This colt wa
bred by Mr.. Price, of Lowell, Iowa
and, while being trained. was sold to
man from the Wisconsin lumber country
The I'd dam of Empress, record , :29i il
lSSG, was by John Bull. Empress wa
bred by DR.. VI. W. Hicks. of keolluk, la.
now of Sacramento. Cal. Capt. NJ. Pig
got, of Glencove Stock Farm Quincy